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"This volume of the Advances in Surgical Pathology Series is a concise, updated review of the pathological characteristics of mesothelioma. It emphasizes the histologic correlation, clinical management, and treatment of mesothelioma. It features current and emerging concepts in the field, which includes recognition of precursor mesothelial lesions, the role of molecular biology in the diagnosis and prognosis of mesothelioma, the interface between the clinician and the surgical pathologist, and the legal implications in relation to disease attributibility to asbestos and other factors. The book provides a resource for the timely updates in knowledge that are necessary for daily practice, for current credentialing, and for the self-assessment modules for recertification (MOC)."--Provided by publisher.

Lungs --- Lung --- Cardiopulmonary system --- Chest --- Respiratory organs --- Cancer --- Pathophysiology. --- Mesothelioma. --- Pathology, Surgical. --- Treatment. --- Surgery.

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This comprehensive atlas defines the role of robotic surgery in cardiac surgical practice and provides a wealth of practical didactic advice. The Editor has assembled a group of experts in the field to define the complete operative pathway of each procedure for surgeons who desire to become a complete robotic cardiac surgeon. To reduce the learning curve, the atlas includes hints and procedure pitfalls that are derived from the experiences of the chapter contributors. The most important cardiac operations, including valve repair and replacement as well as coronary surgery, are detailed but using the latest robotic methods.   Atlas of Robotic Cardiac Surgery is richly illustrated with the highest quality illustrations. Anaesthesia and cardiopulmonary support preparation for each operation is featured, and selected references have been provided to emphasize evidence-based outcomes from previously published data. As such, this book will influence and be essential reading for both practicing and trainee surgeons in minimally invasive and robotic cardiac surgery.

Heart --- Surgery --- Cardiopulmonary system --- Cardiovascular system --- Chest --- Medicine. --- Cardiology. --- Medicine/Public Health, general. --- Cardiac Surgery. --- Surgery. --- Internal medicine --- Cardiac surgery --- Open-heart surgery --- Clinical sciences --- Medical profession --- Human biology --- Life sciences --- Medical sciences --- Pathology --- Physicians --- Diseases --- Health Workforce --- Cardiac surgery.

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What drives the circulation?  In this comprehensive review of existing circulation models, the conventional view that the heart is a pressure-propulsion pump is challenged. The existing models fail to explain an increasing number of observed circulatory phenomena.   A unifying circulation model is proposed in which the blood, responding to metabolic demands of the tissues, is the primary regulator of cardiac output. This new model arises from accumulated clinical and experimental evidence. The heart, rather than being an organ of blood propulsion, assumes a secondary role and generates pressure by impeding the flow of blood. This is supported by examples from the fields of early embryonic circulation, comparative phylogeny, functional morphology, exercise physiology and a range of clinical scenarios.   The Heart and Circulation: An Integrative Model offers a paradigm shift in the understanding of circulatory phenomena. It will become a valuable resource for all those clinicians, researchers, educators and students who, having been confronted with the paradox of the circulation, are looking for a broader interpretation.

Medicine --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Cardiovascular Diseases --- Cardiovascular system. --- Heart. --- Circulatory system --- Vascular system --- Medicine. --- Cardiology. --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Cardiopulmonary system --- Cardiovascular system --- Chest --- Blood --- Circulation --- Heart --- Internal medicine --- Diseases --- Hemodynamics. --- Circulation.

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This book offers a state-of-the-art description of the complexity of the healthy and pathological respiratory system, with particular reference to the mechanics of the airways, lung and chest wall. Detailed information is provided on new insights into the mechanics of breathing that have been obtained through technological innovations in measurement systems, cutting-edge modeling techniques and novel approaches to functional imaging of the respiratory system. It is explained how these advances permit the assessment of emerging treatment approaches, including new drugs, innovative surgical techniques and modes of mechanical ventilation and new forms of rehabilitation. In order to ensure comprehensive coverage of the subject, the editor has assembled a multidisciplinary team of authors comprising basic scientists in respiratory medicine, chest and intensive care physicians and bioengineers involved in both modeling and instrumentation. The book is intended for intensive care physicians, respirologists, physiologists, rehabilitation specialists, basic scientists in respiration, research and clinical fellows, biomedical engineers involved with respiratory mechanics and respiratory therapists. They will update their knowledge and improve their clinical expertise.

Respiratory organs --- Respiration. --- Pathophysiology. --- Animal respiration --- Animals --- Breathing --- Ventilation (Physiology) --- Physiology --- Vital signs --- Aerobic exercises --- Breathing exercises --- Air passages (Anatomy) --- Respiratory system --- Cardiopulmonary system --- Respiration --- Pneumology. --- Critical care medicine. --- Pneumology/Respiratory System. --- Intensive / Critical Care Medicine. --- Intensive care --- Intensive medicine --- Medicine --- Emergency medicine --- Intensive care units --- Respiratory organs—Diseases.

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"This is the first comprehensive history of lung cancer, once considered a rare condition and today the leading cause of cancer deaths world-wide. We are used to associating cancer treatment with scientific progress, but a patient diagnosed with lung cancer in 2013 is no more likely to survive the disease for five or more years than a patient undergoing lung cancer surgery in the 1950s. A breakthrough has remained elusive for this condition, now firmly associated with the smoking of cigarettes. Drawing on many unpublished and little-used sources, this book tells the history of lung cancer, of doctors and patients, hopes and fears, expectations and frustrations over the past 200 years, as a rare chest affliction transformed into a major killer. Suggesting that lung cancer is not the only recalcitrant disease, Timmermann asks what happens when medical progress does not seem to make much difference"--

Lungs --- History --- HEALTH & FITNESS --- Medical --- Lung Neoplasms --- History, 19th Century --- History, 20th Century --- Cancer. --- Treatment. --- Social History. --- Diseases --- Modern --- General. --- History. --- Medical History & Records. --- history --- therapy --- Health & fitness --- History, 19th century --- History, 20th century --- Lung neoplasms --- Social history. --- Therapy --- Medical history & records. --- Lung cancer --- Lung --- Cardiopulmonary system --- Chest --- Respiratory organs --- Cancer --- Treatment